Sealing ring



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' ATTORNEY Patented July 31, 1923. I

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Application filed. April 19, 1922. Serial No. 555,645.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L-LEONARD FooTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone, Panama, have invented a new and Improved Sealing Ring, 01- which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in sealing rings, particularly to.a sealing ring which is adapted to form part of a liquid shaker and to be interposed between the mouths of a pair of ordinary glass tumblers to form a shaker.

An object of the invention is to provide a sealing ring of this character of incorrodible material, which will serve to firmly seal the mouths of both tumblers used in the shaking operation, and a ring which will be simple and practical in construction, eas to clean, efiicient in use, and capable 0 being manufactured with comparative economy.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and ar- Figure 1 is a view in longitudinal section through a liquid shaker showing the manner 0 use of my improved sealing ring;

Figure 2 is a top lan view of the ring;

Figure 3 is a sectlonal view illustrating a slight modification;

Figures 4, 5, 6 and 7 are all fragmentary sectional views of modified forms of rings embodying the invention."

Referring in detail to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, I have used the reference numerals 1 and 2 to designate a pair of ordinary glass tumblers and the numeral 8 to designate my improved sealing ring which is interposed between the mouths of of the tumblers to form a liquid shaker.

.This shaker may be used for mixing drinks,

beating eggs, or for various other purposes.

The ring 3 is preferably formed of rubber or some similar incorrodible compressible material which will insure a tight seal between the mouths of the two glasses.

' The ring merely comprises an annular 'band of rubber formed with annular grooves 4 and 5 in its opposite upper and lower faces adapted to receive the mouths 1 includes a reduced intermediate portion or rib formed by the grooves and relatively W1de 1I1I181 and outer walls adapted to overhe and encircle the inner and outer faces of the mouths of the glasses.

In F igure 3, I have illustrated a slight modification wherein I provide a band 6 formed with grooves 7 and 8. With this form of the invention, however, the inner wall 9 is offset from the horizontal plane of the outer wall 10. In Figure 1, I have shown aring 11 formed with grooves 12. The inner wall of this rlng, however, is preferably wider than the outer wall.

In Figure 5, I have shown a rim 13 of substantially similar construction Wltll the ring 11 except that in this instance the outer wag of the ring is higher than the inner Wa a Figure 6 shows a rubber ring 14 provided with an internal annular rib 15 adapted to be compressed between the mouths of the two tumblers, and Figure 7 shows an annular ring 16 formed with an external annular rib 17 adapted to be compressed by the two tumblers,-the ring 16 in this instance i lying on the inner faces of the tumblers 'instead of on the outer faces thereof, as in the.

case of the ring 14.

An additional advantage of a mixer which 7 uses my ring in, a pairof ordinary glassi;

tumblers is the'fact that in mixing a cold drmk a lower temperature is secured with my mixer inasmuch as one of the tumblers comprising the mixer may be used for serv-, mg the drink and the mixing operation'will bring the temperature of this tumbler down approximately to the temperature of the drink. This. obviates the very common inconvenience of spoiling a cold drink by pouring it into a comparatively warm glass after the mixing operation and ralsing the temperature of the mixture.

It is to be noted, furthermore, that the usual type of mixers or shakers which include a pair of interfitting metal cups can not be made of glass for very obvious and practical reasons.- When mixing eggs or other material with my improved device com- 1 prising the ring and the two tumblers, it-

is possible at anytime to see the state of the mixture and whether or not it has been sufficiently shaken.

' I have illustrated some of the preferred embodiments of the invention. Various prising en ennular unitary compressible member including a wall and an annular ribintern'iediate the top and bottom edges of the well to permit the well to engage flatly the rim-adjacent peripheries of a pair of glass tumblers when such tumblers are arranged rim to rim with their rim edges resting as opposite sides of said rib.

2. As s new article of manufacture, it sealing ring of the kind described comprising an annular unitary compressible member including e wall and an annular rib intermediate the top and bottom edges messes ef the well. to permie the well to engage iletly the rim-edwcent peripheries ole. peir of glass tumblers when such tumblers ere arranged rim to rim with their rim edges resting on opposite sides of said Til}; said member including else a. second well urrenged substantially perellel te the first well, the two walls being joined by said rib intermediate the top endbottoin edges of both walls 3. As as new article of menufevpture, sealing ring of the hind described comprising an annular unitary compressible member formed with unnular grooves in its upper and lower laces.

i. As a new article of inenufecture sealing ring of the kind described comprising en ennulur unitary compressible member formed with annular grooves in its upper and lower feces, said groovw being adapted to receive the lips of tumblers, the material forming the wells of the groeves being adapted to overlie the rim edges of tumblers in the grooves.

LEONARD FQ'UTEQ 

